David Wales
Tschaikovsky And His Orchestral Music
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Louis Biancolli
Included in this little book are analyses and backgrounds of most of Tschaikowsky’s standard concert music. A short sketch of Tschaikowsky’s…
Still - William
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Richmal Crompton
More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales
A Child's Book of the Garden: The Things in Our Garden
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Arthur Ransome
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
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Various
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
The Private Soldier Under Washington
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Charles Knowles Bolton
Much was been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private solders of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Was…
And Thus He Came
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
These short stories, perhaps we might call them modern parables, are not the usual fare of warm and fuzzy Christmas stories (pleasing as tho…
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015
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Various
April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that…
The Third Circle
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Frank Norris
Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He liv…
The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Forces
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Various
These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded&qu…
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage
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Rodris Roth
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
Joseph Conrad
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Hugh Walpole
This is a literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted Brit…
Prophets, Priests, And Kings
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Alfred George Gardiner
These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as …
Bashan And I
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Thomas Mann
Simple and unpretentious as a statement by Francis d’Assisi, yet full of a gentle modern sophistication and humour, this little work will br…
The Hotel D'Angleterre And Other Stories
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Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Five short stories by Lanoe Falconer which is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though f…
The Old Ladies
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Hugh Walpole
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
California History -- Two Pieces
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Various
Alfred Louis Kroeber (1876-1960) was an American cultural anthropologist who founded the anthropology department at the University of Calif…
Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
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Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…
The Human Boy
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Eden Phillpotts
This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite pop…
Under The Sky In California
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Charles Francis Saunders
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This…
Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore
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J. N. Gregory
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…